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                    [Title] => White House honors Pinay champion of change
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Anybody can visit and join a tour of the White House in Washington. But not everybody can be invited and be so honored in the White House.

[DatePublished] => 2013-05-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1420973 [AuthorName] => Joseph Lariosa [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://imageshack.us/a/img507/5045/gen8r.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 433367 [Title] => EDITORYAL - Toxic sa Subic at Clark ipalinis kaya ni Barack [Summary] =>

NOON pang 1992 hinihiling ng People’s Task Force for Bases Cleanup (PTFBC) sa gobyerno ng United States na linisin ang toxic na naiwan sa dating Subic Naval Base sa Zambales at Clark Air Base sa Pampanga.

[DatePublished] => 2009-01-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => PSN Opinyon [SectionUrl] => opinyon [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 215322 [Title] => Former US naval base workers dying of lung cancer [Summary] => SUBIC, Zambales — Former workers at the US naval base here are reportedly now dying of lung cancer at a rate of three per month allegedly as a result of exposure to asbestos and other substances, a report released yesterday said.

This month alone, five former US base workers died after exhibiting symptoms of asbestosis, a form of lung cancer triggered by exposure to asbestos, said the People’s Task Force on Bases Clean-Up (PTFBC).
[DatePublished] => 2003-07-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 206070 [Title] => GMA’s US visit could raise $2-B in economic, military deals [Summary] => WASHINGTON — President Arroyo could raise as much as $2 billion in business deals, economic support funds, military assistance and grants from the government and private sector during her state visit to the United States starting May 18.

Informed sources said Monday some of the money could start flowing almost immediately, the rest over a period of several years.
[DatePublished] => 2003-05-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1415410 [AuthorName] => Jose Katigbak [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 140498 [Title] => Take responsibility for cleanup of toxic waste, US government urged [Summary] => The family of the World War I Army Air Corps flyer after whom the former US Clark Air Force Base in Pampanga was named, has joined the call for the United States to take responsibility for the cleanup of toxic wastes there.

In a letter to US President George Bush, Allen Hubbard, a relative of Maj. Harold Clark, urged the US government to address "this critically important environmental issue."
[DatePublished] => 2001-11-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1620721 [AuthorName] => Nikko Dizon [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 92944 [Title] => US solon urges US government to clean up Subic, Clark [Summary] => ANGELES CITY — US Rep. Robert Underwood (Guam) has asked the US congress to amend the Fiscal Year 2002 Foreign Relations Authorization Act or House Resolution 1646 to be more specific on US response to the toxic waste problem in the Philippines, particularly at the former US Subic naval base and the Clark US Air Force base.

An update sent to the local media by the Washington-based Filipino-American Coalition for Environmental Solutions (FACES) said that Underwood’s proposed amendment has already reached the US Senate.
[DatePublished] => 2001-06-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 103517 [Title] => US solon urges US government to clean up Subic, Clark [Summary] => ANGELES CITY — US Rep. Robert Underwood (Guam) has asked the US congress to amend the Fiscal Year 2002 Foreign Relations Authorization Act or House Resolution 1646 to be more specific on US response to the toxic waste problem in the Philippines, particularly at the former US Subic naval base and the Clark US Air Force base.

An update sent to the local media by the Washington-based Filipino-American Coalition for Environmental Solutions (FACES) said that Underwood’s proposed amendment has already reached the US Senate.
[DatePublished] => 2001-06-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 87396 [Title] => Clark toxic waste death toll now 100 [Summary] =>

MABALACAT, Pampanga - A total of 100 people have died since 1995 from diseases believed to have been caused by toxic wastes that US troops left at the former Clark air base.

The latest victim, Lilia Dizon, 44, succumbed to kidney failure at the Mawague resettlement area here last Saturday, said Nerissa Agustin, local coordinator of the People's Task Force for Bases Cleanup (PTFBC).

Agustin said kidney failure has been linked to the toxic wastes at Clark, citing a study conducted by the environmental firm Veston International in 1998.

Like the 99 other victims, Dizon had [DatePublished] => 2000-04-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 94561 [Title] => Bunkhouses at Clark `contaminated' site torn down [Summary] =>

CLARK FIELD, Pampanga - The Mt. Pinatubo Commission (MPC) has started to demolish 56 bunkhouses at an evacuation center here which about 20,000 lahar-displaced families used to occupy and where shallow wells are believed contaminated with toxic wastes left by the Americans at this former US air base.

MPC executive director Art Sampang said nine of the 56 concrete and wooden bunkhouses have already been torn down. [DatePublished] => 2000-01-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )

BASES CLEANUP
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                    [ArticleID] => 944123
                    [Title] => White House honors Pinay champion of change
                    [Summary] => 

Anybody can visit and join a tour of the White House in Washington. But not everybody can be invited and be so honored in the White House.

[DatePublished] => 2013-05-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1420973 [AuthorName] => Joseph Lariosa [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://imageshack.us/a/img507/5045/gen8r.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 433367 [Title] => EDITORYAL - Toxic sa Subic at Clark ipalinis kaya ni Barack [Summary] =>

NOON pang 1992 hinihiling ng People’s Task Force for Bases Cleanup (PTFBC) sa gobyerno ng United States na linisin ang toxic na naiwan sa dating Subic Naval Base sa Zambales at Clark Air Base sa Pampanga.

[DatePublished] => 2009-01-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => PSN Opinyon [SectionUrl] => opinyon [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 215322 [Title] => Former US naval base workers dying of lung cancer [Summary] => SUBIC, Zambales — Former workers at the US naval base here are reportedly now dying of lung cancer at a rate of three per month allegedly as a result of exposure to asbestos and other substances, a report released yesterday said.

This month alone, five former US base workers died after exhibiting symptoms of asbestosis, a form of lung cancer triggered by exposure to asbestos, said the People’s Task Force on Bases Clean-Up (PTFBC).
[DatePublished] => 2003-07-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 206070 [Title] => GMA’s US visit could raise $2-B in economic, military deals [Summary] => WASHINGTON — President Arroyo could raise as much as $2 billion in business deals, economic support funds, military assistance and grants from the government and private sector during her state visit to the United States starting May 18.

Informed sources said Monday some of the money could start flowing almost immediately, the rest over a period of several years.
[DatePublished] => 2003-05-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1415410 [AuthorName] => Jose Katigbak [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 140498 [Title] => Take responsibility for cleanup of toxic waste, US government urged [Summary] => The family of the World War I Army Air Corps flyer after whom the former US Clark Air Force Base in Pampanga was named, has joined the call for the United States to take responsibility for the cleanup of toxic wastes there.

In a letter to US President George Bush, Allen Hubbard, a relative of Maj. Harold Clark, urged the US government to address "this critically important environmental issue."
[DatePublished] => 2001-11-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1620721 [AuthorName] => Nikko Dizon [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 92944 [Title] => US solon urges US government to clean up Subic, Clark [Summary] => ANGELES CITY — US Rep. Robert Underwood (Guam) has asked the US congress to amend the Fiscal Year 2002 Foreign Relations Authorization Act or House Resolution 1646 to be more specific on US response to the toxic waste problem in the Philippines, particularly at the former US Subic naval base and the Clark US Air Force base.

An update sent to the local media by the Washington-based Filipino-American Coalition for Environmental Solutions (FACES) said that Underwood’s proposed amendment has already reached the US Senate.
[DatePublished] => 2001-06-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 103517 [Title] => US solon urges US government to clean up Subic, Clark [Summary] => ANGELES CITY — US Rep. Robert Underwood (Guam) has asked the US congress to amend the Fiscal Year 2002 Foreign Relations Authorization Act or House Resolution 1646 to be more specific on US response to the toxic waste problem in the Philippines, particularly at the former US Subic naval base and the Clark US Air Force base.

An update sent to the local media by the Washington-based Filipino-American Coalition for Environmental Solutions (FACES) said that Underwood’s proposed amendment has already reached the US Senate.
[DatePublished] => 2001-06-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 87396 [Title] => Clark toxic waste death toll now 100 [Summary] =>

MABALACAT, Pampanga - A total of 100 people have died since 1995 from diseases believed to have been caused by toxic wastes that US troops left at the former Clark air base.

The latest victim, Lilia Dizon, 44, succumbed to kidney failure at the Mawague resettlement area here last Saturday, said Nerissa Agustin, local coordinator of the People's Task Force for Bases Cleanup (PTFBC).

Agustin said kidney failure has been linked to the toxic wastes at Clark, citing a study conducted by the environmental firm Veston International in 1998.

Like the 99 other victims, Dizon had [DatePublished] => 2000-04-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 94561 [Title] => Bunkhouses at Clark `contaminated' site torn down [Summary] =>

CLARK FIELD, Pampanga - The Mt. Pinatubo Commission (MPC) has started to demolish 56 bunkhouses at an evacuation center here which about 20,000 lahar-displaced families used to occupy and where shallow wells are believed contaminated with toxic wastes left by the Americans at this former US air base.

MPC executive director Art Sampang said nine of the 56 concrete and wooden bunkhouses have already been torn down. [DatePublished] => 2000-01-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )

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